It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes (the underground crypt where many popes are buried), currently houses the remains of approximately 91 popes of Rome. This number, which is ...

Live from St Peter's Square in Rome: cardinals get ready to cast their vote for the next popeLive from St Peter's Square in Rome: cardinals get ready to cast their vote for the next pope ...

attended the funeral service of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, alongside dignitaries and Cardinal Arinze Obi expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Pope Francis, whom he ...

There's so much to see and do in Rome it can be bewildering to first-time tourists. We spent five days in the Eternal City, squeezed lots in and have got lots of tips on how to get as much out of ...

Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on Saturday. The funeral of Pope Francis began today at 1:30 pm (IST ...

The pontiff’s coffin was transported through the streets of Rome in a white popemobile following a 90-minute mass in St Peter’s Square. He was then buried at the Basilica of Santa Maria ...

(Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has been buried at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, after his funeral Mass drew an estimated 250,000 people to St. Peter’s Basili ...

The rite of the entombment began at 1 p.m. local time following the pope's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and a 4-mile procession through Rome. Hundreds of thousands of mourners ...

A pilgrim carries a cross near St. Peter's Square on Monday. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters) "This is something that really hits you hard," said Emanuela Tinari, who is from Rome and was with her ...

in Rome. With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by the pope. In his will, he wrote that he had visited the ...